Elijah Reese is a second year graduate student at The Fletcher School focusing on Energy Investment in Emerging Markets. He has over 8 years of experience in investment research and portfolio management. Prior to Fletcher, Elijah worked as a Global Product Analyst at Loomis Sayles, an investment manager in Boston, Massachusetts. At Loomis, he analyzed sovereign macroeconomic and political issues to guide investment decisions for the global bond group and provided relationship management for institutional clients. Elijah holds a Masters degree in Finance from Brandeis University, and a Bachelors degree from Lehigh University in economics and international relations. He speaks beginning level Mandarin and Spanish. His interests include playing soccer, the trumpet and mandolin.